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VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Canterbury

VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Canterbury was 5,835 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 1.9% from 2025.

2026, count5,835
Change on 2025+1.9%
Series high5,8352026
Series low4,4202010

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VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Canterbury, 2010 to 2026

4,0004,5005,0005,5006,0002010201320162019202220262010: 4,420 count2011: 4,425 count2012: 4,550 count2013: 4,540 count2014: 4,670 count2015: 5,045 count2016: 5,195 count2017: 5,330 count2018: 5,265 count2019: 5,350 count2020: 5,400 count2021: 5,455 count2022: 5,580 count2023: 5,620 count2024: 5,630 count2025: 5,725 count2026: 5,835 count4,0004,5005,0005,5006,0002010201620262010: 4,420 count2011: 4,425 count2012: 4,550 count2013: 4,540 count2014: 4,670 count2015: 5,045 count2016: 5,195 count2017: 5,330 count2018: 5,265 count2019: 5,350 count2020: 5,400 count2021: 5,455 count2022: 5,580 count2023: 5,620 count2024: 5,630 count2025: 5,725 count2026: 5,835 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24.
All 17 values
Periodcount
20265,835
20255,725
20245,630
20235,620
20225,580
20215,455
20205,400
20195,350
20185,265
20175,330
20165,195
20155,045
20144,670
20134,540
20124,550
20114,425
20104,420

Compared with South East and United Kingdom

Place2026
Canterbury5,835
South East412,080
United Kingdom2,786,985

Definition

Enterprises registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the Inter-Departmental Business Register, as at March of the year.

More on how it is measured
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with autonomy over its decisions, counted once in the area of its registered office or main site.
  • ONS UK Business Counts (Nomis dataset NM_142_1), all employment sizes and legal statuses.
  • All industries.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 by ONS, so small areas and industries carry rounding error and components do not add up exactly. Businesses below the VAT threshold with no employees are not included, so this is not the total business population (the business population estimates are larger), and it is not comparable with Eurostat enterprise counts for EU countries. The year is the March snapshot: 2026 means March 2026.

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Office for National Statistics. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1) (VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Canterbury, 2010 to 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest

MLA 9

UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Canterbury, 2010 to 2026. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 24 Sept. 2026, https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/canterbury-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Canterbury, 2010 to 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/canterbury-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Canterbury, 2010 to 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/canterbury-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{office_vat_or_paye_registered_2026,
  author = {{Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)}},
  title = {{UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM\_142\_1): VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Canterbury, 2010 to 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/canterbury-uk. Publisher attribution: Office for National Statistics. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM\_142\_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM\_142\_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424\&industry=37748736\&employment\_sizeband=0\&legal\_status=0\&measures=20100\&time=2010,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Canterbury?

VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Canterbury was 5,835 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 1.9% from 2025.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Canterbury?

5,835 in 2026, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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